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Cognitive Reserve and Lifestyle

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ID23323699
AuthorsNikolaos Scarmeas (0000-0001-6453-8908, Columbia University), Yarden Stern (0000-0001-7542-3241, Columbia University), Yaakov Stern
Year2003
Volume25
Issue5
Pages625-633
Publication date2003-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0168-8634 • E-ISSN: 1380-3395
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1076/jcen.25.5.625.14576
PMID12815500
PMCIDPMC3024591
OpenAlexW2081093524
LanguageEN
Citations received83
References cited4

The concept of cognitive reserve (CR) suggests that innate intelligence or aspects of life experience like educational or occupational attainments may supply reserve, in the form of a set of skills or repertoires that allows some people to cope with progressing Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology better than others. There is epidemiological evidence that lifestyle characterized by engagement in leisure activities of intellectual and social nature is associated with slower cognitive decline in healthy elderly and may reduce the risk of incident dementia. There is also evidence from functional imaging studies that subjects engaging in such leisure activities can clinically tolerate more AD pathology. It is possible that aspects of life experience like engagement in leisure activities may result in functionally more efficient cognitive networks and therefore provide a CR that delays the onset of clinical manifestations of dementia.

Alzheimer's disease · Cognition · Cognitive decline · Cognitive impairment · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive reserve · Dementia · Developmental psychology · Disease · Pathology · Psychiatry · Set (abstract data type) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Epidemiology · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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